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Characters • Types of Characters • Types of Characterization

Characters • Types of Characters • Types of Characterization

Character The people (or animals, items, etc. presented as people) appearing in a literary

Character The people (or animals, items, etc. presented as people) appearing in a literary work. Types of Characters: Round Flat Development Dynamic Static Change

Amount of character development • Round Character: is fully developed, convincing, true to life.

Amount of character development • Round Character: is fully developed, convincing, true to life. • Flat Character: stereotyped, shallow, often symbolic, not fully developed; know only one-side of the character.

Amount of change in a character • Dynamic Character: undergoes some basic character change

Amount of change in a character • Dynamic Character: undergoes some basic character change in story; that is characterized by energy of effective action: vigorously active or forceful; energetic • Static Character: does not change in the course of the story or changes very little

Methods of Characterization 1. Direct 2. Indirect

Methods of Characterization 1. Direct 2. Indirect

Direct Characterization 1. Direct: “he was an old man. . ” (The Old Man

Direct Characterization 1. Direct: “he was an old man. . ” (The Old Man and the Sea) • Information provided to the reader from the author • Details stated as facts Methods of Characterization

Indirect Characterization • Physical appearance Usually Hamadi was wearing a white shirt, shiny black

Indirect Characterization • Physical appearance Usually Hamadi was wearing a white shirt, shiny black tie, and a jacket that reminded Susan of the earth’s surface just above the treeline on a mountain—thin, somehow purified. from “Hamadi” by Naomi Shihab Nye Methods of Characterization

Indirect Characterization • Actions Disregarding the song of the birds, the waving green trees,

Indirect Characterization • Actions Disregarding the song of the birds, the waving green trees, and the smell of the flowers, Jimmy headed straight for a restaurant. from “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry Methods of Characterization

Indirect Characterization • Own Words “I cannot help these people yet, ” he calmly

Indirect Characterization • Own Words “I cannot help these people yet, ” he calmly told me. “But when the time comes, I will help them all that I can. ” from “Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story” by Ken Mochizuki Methods of Characterization

Indirect Characterization • Thoughts and feelings Although she warned that she hadn’t tried her

Indirect Characterization • Thoughts and feelings Although she warned that she hadn’t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time, I was certain that like everything else about her the cookies would be perfect. from “Mrs. Flowers” by Maya Angelou Methods of Characterization

Indirect Characterization • Character relationship “Now, Valentine, ” said the warden, “you’ll go out

Indirect Characterization • Character relationship “Now, Valentine, ” said the warden, “you’ll go out in the morning. Brace up, and make a man of yourself. You’re not a bad fellow at heart. Stop cracking safes, and live straight. ” from “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry Methods of Characterization

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